PERSISTANCE

The mountain is high. Take another step.

The mountain is high. Take another step.

The mountain is still high. Take another step.

Take enough steps, and the mountain is no longer so high. The key to
getting anywhere - to your ideal weight, to overcome anger, to higher
self-esteem - is to keep taking another step.
--author unknown
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TODAY'S LESSON IN JAMAICAN PATOIS

Backa: behind
English: I see him coming behind me.
Patois: I see him coming backa me.

TODAY’S INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE:

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."

~ Henry Ward Beecher

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.

We will be judged by 'I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.'

Hungry not only for bread -- but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing -- but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks -- but homeless because of rejection.

--Mother Teresa, Catholic Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

I would like to make some corrections on the (TODAY'S LESSON IN JAMAICAN PATOIS)I see him coming behind me.THAT'S ENGLISH.(PATOIS)Mi si im a come baca mi.

"Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love,
time is eternity."

Henry Van Dyke
American Author and Clergyman

TODAY'S DOSE OF INSPIRATION

One SONG can spark a moment
One FLOWER can wake the dream
One TREE can start a forest
One BIRD can herald spring
One SMILE begins a friendship
One HANDCLASP lifts a soul
One STAR can guide a ship at sea
One WORD can frame the goal
One VOTE can change a nation
One SUNBEAM lights a room
One CANDLE wipes out darkness
One LAUGH will conquer gloom
One STEP must start each journey
One WORD must start a prayer
One HOPE will raise our spirits
One TOUCH can show you care
One VOICE can speak with wisdom
One HEART can know what is true
One LIFE can make a difference.

Author Unknown

TODAY'S DOSE OF INSPIRATION

FORGIVENESS

Let yourself go.

It is sometimes the hardest thing to do, to forgive oneself. We can often forgive others, even while we hold on to guilt.

Foregiveness does not judge. It does not say what you did or didn't do is right or wrong. It simply acknowledges that a mistake was made
and it is OK.

Let yourself go. Forgive yourself.
--author unknown

TODAY'S DOSE OF INSPIRATION


IN THE EYE OF THE STORM (Hurricane Katrina, 2005)

In the eye of the storm is the eye of a God
full of matchless wisdom,
who understands the uncontrollable mystery
of a raging storm and how its turbulence is satisfied.

In the eye of the storm—fierce and scolding,
Is the eye of a God—far more powerful,
who glanced down on his helpless people,
in times of old, split apart the Red Sea;
the congealing waters stood up like walls,
opening up a path so his people walked
on a dry bed of land.

In the eye of the storm is the eye of God—full of love,
that roved through swollen and overflowing rivers
through bright shoots of lightning
and saw that mankind needed a savior,
and sent his son to die for even the vilest sinner.

In the eye of the storm is the eye of God,
who searches through the shattered visage,
the colossal wreckage,
finds a heart that loves peace,
truth and righteousness, and he cherishes
and nurtures this golden nugget.

In the eye of a storm is the eye of a God who sees
multitudes who crouch with horror and grisly fear,
and, howling out their woes they cry:
“O God! O God! Have mercy! Have mercy!”
This God will hearken to their cry.

In the eye of a storm is a God who looks
at the afflicted who run and leave behind all paraphernalia
and watch their homes go up
hurtling through the air and falling as fragments of debris,
This God promises riches untold.

In the eye of a storm is the eye of a caring God
who looks cautiously at violent waves
that abash so many of those who come face
to face with this formidable foe,
and he rescues them.

In the eye of a storm is a God with eyes—amazingly keen,
who through the howling winds that
snapped giant trees like tiny twigs,
can look far into the distance of time—the future
sees into the heart of the deepest grave
at the unsurvived—those whose corpses float in a ruined city,
*And He’ll bring them back to life.

This God—Jehovah--and his son Jesus Christ will quiet all storms
Bring repose to those in distress
Bring about evenings where all
will be at peace—no storm—forever

—Glasceta Honeyghan (2005)
*John 5: 28, 29; Revelation 21: 3, 4

"It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be
measured, but also by those we are still asking."--Freda Adler